These factors influence product prices March 2022 HELEEN VILJOEN, INTERN ECONOMIST AT GRAIN SA In the current economic climate, retail prices are struggling to stay reasonably priced following country wide unrest and production pressure for raw material producers. These production pressures include steep increases in input costs, that are highly correlated with the total
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Calibrate your boom sprayer March 2022 To ensure maximum accuracy from a sprayer you have to calibrate it before the spraying season begins, and recalibrate it frequently throughout the spraying season. The process of sprayer calibration is designed to ensure that you are spraying the correct amount of liquid (water and poison) onto the desired
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An opportunity to ‘Grow for gold’ March 2022 Yield plays an important role in a grain producer’s profitability. Grain SA’s national yield competition for grains, called grow for gold, offers a platform for South Africa’s top producers to compete in various categories and to share their success stories. Categories include dry and irrigated land. Producers
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Meet the partners of the Farmer Development Programme March 2022 Coinciding with Grain SA’s dream of a united and prosperous agricultural sector is the dream of South African breweries (sab) that 100% of their direct agricultural suppliers should be skilled, empowered and connected by 2025. That is one of the main reasons why these two
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Ethanol is a demand driver March 2022 CHRISTIAAN VERCUEIL, INTERN ECONOMIST AT GRAIN SA The use of ethanol originated in 1826 where it was used as fuel for engines. In the 1850s it was used as a medium to light fires. During the American civil war these uses were stopped as all forms of
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Highest rainfall in 100 years wreaks havoc March 2022 Although producers are always grateful for rain, the season so far has created many challenges where producers could not access fields on time due to high rainfall figures, and where producers managed to plant, water damage has occured. The current South African summer grain production season
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‘With information, farming is even better’ March 2022 LOUISE KUNZ, PULA IMVULA CONTRIBUTOR Edward Magwaza (53) thought he knew how to farm. It was only when his path crossed with the experts of the Grain SA team that he realised how little he actually knew. Through skills development he is now able to perform
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Ensuring successful planting March 2022 Grain SA’s agriculture development team focuses on the double edge of 1) farmer empowerment in terms of knowledge transfer and skills development; and 2) agricultural best practices. To this end we walk a road beside the farmer as he grows his commercial grain farming enterprise. December 2021 saw various critical
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04 Mar 2022 Grain SA’s NAMPO Harvest Day, the biggest agricultural show in the Southern hemisphere, is after a two-year hiatus ready to present a showstopper outside Bothaville from 16-20 May 2022. Yes, for the first time in history – NAMPO will be presented over 5-days! With ongoing uncertainty under the prevailing national state of
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How to do your own crop estimate March 2022 KOBIE DE BEER, FORMER MANAGER, INSURANCE SERVICES (HARVEST), SANTAM AGRICULTURE Using the following information as a guideline, you can estimate your potential crop yield and possible income for the season. Keep in mind that there are many variables that can affect the accuracy of a
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